Bottle-holder.



PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906.

E. L. DRINKWATER.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLIOATION PILBD JULY 15.1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

No. &14,524.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentea March 6, 1906.

Application filed `uly 15, 1905. Serial No. 269,8l7.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR L. DRINKWA- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The inventon relates to an improvement in bottle-holders designed primarily to support a bottle in manner to prevent its accidental tipping.

he main object of the invention is the provision of a sectional 'holder designed to receive and support a bottle, the sections of the holder being removably supported together to provide for the ready introduction or withdrawal of the bottle.

The referred form of the present invention wi l be described in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of a bottle-holder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation, partly broken out, illustrating my improved holder with a bottle in place.

Referring to the drawings, my improvedholder comprises a cup-shaped member 1, having a circumferential enlarged base portion 2 to insure the stability of the holder. The receiving portion of the member is formed by a circumferentially-arranged vertical wall 3,' projeeting vertically from the base 2 and eXteriorly threaded at 4 near its upper free edge. The member just described is preferably cast integral, the base 2 being provided with a centrally-arranged vent-opening 5. By preference the'interior diameter of the cup member is equal throughout its height, whereby to' accommodate and snugly receive the vertical circumferential walled bottle.

The retaining member of the holder comprises an inverted-cup-shaped member, including an approximatelyflat disk 6, having a depending circumferentiany-arranged flange 7. The interier diameter of the fiange 7 is equal to the eXterior diameter of the fiange 3, and said fiange 7 is interiorly screw-threaded adjacent its lower free edge, which when the parts are assembled will coperate with the threaded portion 4 on the fiange 3, whereby to secure the parts together. The disk 6 'of the retaining member is formed with a central opening 8 to ermit the passage therethrough of the necl of the bottle when securing the members of the holder together.

In use the bottle is inserted within the supporting member l, being snugly received within the fiange 3. The retaining member is then passed downward over the neck of the bottle and screwed in place on the fiange 3. It is to be understood that the arrangement of the threads on the fianges 3 and 7 are such as to permit such adjustment of the retaining member relative to the supporting member as to cause the disk 6 to rest snugly against the upper surface of the bottle immediately adj acent the neck, whereby said bottle is snugly retained in place within the holder.

The projectin base 2 of the supporting member is of su' 'cient size to insure stability of the holder, and thereby prevent accidental tipping of the bottle when in lace. Furthermore, owing to the adjustab e connection between the supporting and retaining members my improved holder is adapted to receive bottles of varying sizes.

The sections of the holder are each preferably cast integral and may be readily assembled or disconnected when desired to insert or remove the bottle.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by` Letters Patent, is-

A bottle-holder comprising a supporting member having an enlarged base and a vertically-proj ecting circumferential flange, and an inclosing member comprising a disk formed with an opening to receive the neck of the bottle, and with a circumferential depending flange to receive the fiange of the supporting member, said fianges being arranged for threaded connection to permit the disk of the inclosing member to bear upon the bottle adjacent the neck thereof.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR L. DRINKWATER.

Witnesses:

FRED. E. LooKwooD, PHILIP T. POTTER. 

